Fluid Blue vs RAL 180-3
Where Fluid Blue belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, RAL 180-3 is a RAL Effect color. Both sit in the blue family, which is useful context if you're narrowing within a single hue direction. They have nearly identical light reflectance values (66 vs 68), so they'll read as similarly Light in most lighting conditions. At ΔE 1.5, these are close — the kind of difference that matters when choosing between them, but doesn't read strongly in a finished room. Below you'll find 4 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Fluid Blue vs RAL 180-3 in Real Spaces
4 real rooms side by side. Fluid Blue and RAL 180-3 are close enough that the difference can be hard to judge from a chip alone — these photos show how each reads at scale, across different spaces and lighting conditions.
Living Room
In a living room, color works across both daylight and evening light — the same wall can read very differently at noon and at 8pm. The two are close enough that the choice comes down to finer qualities — undertone, texture, what the color sits next to.
Bedroom
The context that matters most in a bedroom is how a color reads under a bedside lamp at night, not under noon daylight. At this scale the difference is subtle — you'd need them side by side, as shown here, to reliably tell them apart.
Kitchen
In a kitchen, colors are seen under bright task lighting that amplifies undertones — what reads neutral elsewhere can show its hand here. At this scale the difference is subtle — you'd need them side by side, as shown here, to reliably tell them apart.
Bathroom
Bathrooms are one of the few spaces where you're genuinely enclosed by the paint color, which makes the choice between these two more consequential. At this scale the difference is subtle — you'd need them side by side, as shown here, to reliably tell them apart.
Color Details
Fluid Blue vs RAL 180-3 Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Fluid Blue on one side and RAL 180-3 on the other.
Digital color is approximate. These simulations are generated from the manufacturer's hex values and overlaid on grayscale room photos — your screen's calibration, brightness, and viewing angle all affect how they render. Before committing to either color, test physical samples in your own space under the light you actually live with.
More Fluid Blue comparisons
See how Fluid Blue stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
With LRVs of 69 and 66, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
At LRV 83 vs 66, White Dove is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 66 vs 6, Fluid Blue is decisively the brighter choice.
Fluid Blue reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 52), opening up a space where Purbeck Stone encloses it.
Fluid Blue reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
At LRV 66 vs 52, Fluid Blue is decisively the brighter choice.
Fluid Blue reads slightly lighter (LRV 66 vs 60), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 8-point LRV gap (66 vs 58) makes Fluid Blue the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 66 vs 27, Fluid Blue is decisively the brighter choice.
Fluid Blue reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 43), opening up a space where French Gray encloses it.
Fluid Blue reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
A 11-point LRV gap (66 vs 55) makes Fluid Blue the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 66 vs 13, Fluid Blue is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 66 vs 44, Fluid Blue is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 66), opening up a space where Fluid Blue encloses it.
Fluid Blue reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 21), opening up a space where Artichoke encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 66 vs 66), so neither reads brighter in a room.
A 8-point LRV gap (74 vs 66) makes Shoji White the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 83 vs 66, Snowbound is decisively the brighter choice.
Fluid Blue reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 51), opening up a space where Pigeon encloses it.
At LRV 66 vs 12, Fluid Blue is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 66 vs 8, Fluid Blue is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 68 vs 66), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Fluid Blue reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 41), opening up a space where Dix Blue encloses it.
At LRV 66 vs 12, Fluid Blue is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 66 vs 45, Fluid Blue is decisively the brighter choice.
Fluid Blue reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.